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Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
Each natural agent works but to this end,--
To render that it works on like itself.
Each natural agent works but to this end,--
To render that it works on like itself.